IIT
Ex-IIT-M faculty alleges casteism in special recruitment drive
The recent resignation of Vipin Veetil from IIT Madras brings to light sophisticated ways of subverting affirmative action in the IITs.
February 21st 2022
Casteism keeps our top institutes running
An online discussion between Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi journalists, academics and activists revealed how casteism thrives in and defines modern Indian academia.
June 1st 2021
Poonam Powers Through Solid Mechanics
A mechanical engineer doing research in IIT Guwahati talks piezoelectricity and busts some myths about mechanical engineering
January 11th 2018
Indu Has Some Concrete Ideas
A civil engineer at IIT Guwahati talks about her research on lightweight concrete
November 15th 2017
Sudha’s Notes from the Underground
A geophysicist from IIT Kharagpur tells us about the tricks of her trade.
October 11th 2017
Hospital Hopping with Mahati Chittem
A psycho-oncologist at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
April 24th 2017
Vandana and her Atom-splitting Machines
At atomic and molecular physicist at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad
February 8th 2017
Some Findings after Eight Months of Labhopping
A talk and panel discussion at IIT Delhi gave us much fodder for thought
October 27th 2016
How Mathematics Found its Way to Sushama
A mathematician at Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics in Chennai, who is visually impaired
October 17th 2016